Images of the Day

A woman and her adult grandson were injured in the Sunday-night fire that destroyed at 308 Lirette St. Authorities say both are expected to make a full recovery.

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Henry Hebert, 79, of Chauvin has a house full of souvenirs to remind him of his World War II service, a stint that included protecting Gen. Douglas MacArthur and meeting the Pultizer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle.

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Hope Bland, 18, works on a math problem last week at The Opportunity Place Central adult-education center in Mathews.

Patrick Theriot, a Houma Police officer, uses the new laptop computer that was recently installed in his patrol car. The car-based computers are designed to make information more readily available to cops and speed the time it takes to file reports.

White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend pauses during remarks to the National Emergency Management Association Mid-year conference on Monday, Feb. 13, 2006 in Alexandria, Va. Top White House and Homeland Security officials pushed back hard on Monday against criticism of the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina. "I reject outright the suggestion that President Bush was anything less than fully involved," said Townsend.